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Motorola announces the Edge+ in North America with an optional stylus

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Motorola announced the new Motorola Edge+ for North America / Motorola Edge 30 Pro for the rest of the world. The Edge+ runs on a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor and a 4800mAh battery. It is Turbo Power capable and can give you hours of battery in just minutes. It is also capable of 15W TurboPower wireless charging.

Motorola equipped the Edge+ with a triple camera setup. You get a standard 50MP lens, a 50MP ultra-wide lens, and a macro lens. Upfront the Edge+ has a 60MP front-facing camera. The cameras have OIS onboard to eliminate hand shake and are capable of combining pixels to get better quality shots.

The Edge+ has a 6.7 inch OLED full HD display with a 144 Hz refresh rate. Motorola is promising an amazing audio experience and packed in Dolby Atmos to get the most out of your favorite tracks.

Motorola is offering a smart stylus with an adaptable folio which would indicate that Motorola is trying to get some former Note users who miss using their stylus.

The Motorola Edge+ will be available in Cosmos Blue and Stardust White. You will be able to find it unlocked at Best Buy, Amazon, and Motorola. Verizon will carry it and will be offering $100 of its list price of $899.99.

Zigma Spark 980 Robot Vacuum review

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Robot Vacuums are something of a luxury but the price has come down over the years, and we now have multiple options to choose from. The Zigma Spark 980 Robot Vacuum is a mid-tier vacuum that costs $300. It offers powerful suction, mopping ability, fall protection and is generally a pleasure to use.

Packaging and setup

The Zigma Spark 980 includes everything that you would need to operate your robot vacuum cleaner. It comes with:

  • Robot Vacuum
  • Charging Base
  • Charging Base Power Adapter
  • Remote
  • DustBin Side Cover
  • Dust Bin
  • Water Tank
  • Cleaning Brush
  • 2 HEPA Filter
  • 4 Side Brushes (2 Left and 2 Right side brushes)
  • 2 Mop cloths

The Spark 980 comes covered in plastic wrap and a foam bumper installed to protect the vacuum during shipping. For the most part, the vacuum came almost entirely ready to go. I had to install 2 side brushes, remove the foam and plastic wrap, and then it was ready to go. The inclusion of a remote was a nice touch for those that want to operate it without a smartphone nearby.

After taking everything out of the box, I then installed the Zigma app and paired it with my device. This process was straightforward and the app did a great job walking me through the steps. I liked how I was able to pick my language during setup, but I was hoping for a female voice from the United States. This unfortunately wasn’t an option, so I selected a female voice from the UK. The voice did grow on me throughout my use and I ended up enjoying the accent. All I had to do after the initial setup was wait for it to charge and run it for the first time.

Vacuum Performance

With Lidar Navigation, 4000Pa suction, and a claimed runtime of 140 minutes, I was expecting great things from this vacuum. The vacuum met my expectations and was an absolute joy to use after some initial hiccups.

Upon my eagerness to get the vacuum started, it wasn’t properly charged and struggled for the first few minutes. As the vacuum drives around it creates a virtual map, allowing you to set boundaries and avoid obstacles. The 2 side brushes also fell off upon first use, but that was my fault as I didn’t properly snap them into place. The vacuum also got stuck under a table, and it asks for help because it is stuck. I also got an alert on my phone saying the same thing. This only happened once and it was kind of cute listening to my robot call for help.

After charging it properly and sending it out to do its work, it worked amazingly well. At full strength, the vacuum is a bit noisy, but not a deal-breaker. I enjoyed being able to adjust the strength of the vacuum from within the app, allowing me to quickly adjust based on where it was. For hardwood floors, lowering the strength resulted in an adequate cleaning and much quieter operation. For bigger carpets, you may want to crank the power a little higher. This vacuum routinely collected way more dirt and debris than I thought it was going to. It was satisfying to dump the bin and see all the dirt it was able to pick up.

Mopping Performance

The Zigma Spark 980 also comes with a 360ml water tank and mop pad. Unfortunately, the Spark 980 will not sweep and mop the floor at the same time. You must remove the dust bin and replace it with the water tank in order to get it to mop. You can add detergent to the water in the water tank before mopping. The vacuum mops in a Y pattern, ensuring full coverage and a proper clean.

The mopping function didn’t work quite as well as vacuuming did. It was serviceable and did an adequate job, but definitely wasn’t amazing at it. But I don’t fault the Spark 980, as I view mopping as an added luxury of a robot vacuum. So the fact that it does it at all, and does it adequately is a big win in my book.

Be careful with the unit after mopping though. The charging base doesn’t have any kind of water shield, so it is possible for your floor to get wet after using it to mop.

Battery and obstacle avoidance

For bigger carpets, using it on full strength guarantees a great cleaning, just keep in mind that it will be a tad loud. Running it at full strength also diminishes the battery pretty fast. At full power, the robot would burn through its 3200mAh battery and return to its dock somewhere between 45 and 60 minutes. Far below its expected runtime. I generally ran the vacuum at medium power as I found this to be a great balance of cleaning power and noise. At medium power, I was able to achieve my expected runtime of 140 minutes and it picked up a lot of dirt. A nice feature of this vacuum is that if it has to return to the base for a recharge, it will continue where it left off once it has the power to do so.

The Zigma Spark 980 was OK at avoiding obstacles. I was never worried about it falling down the basement stairs, but I did witness it bump into things on occasion. It shouldn’t cause any problems but don’t leave a glass on the floor or you might be picking up its contents.

The app

The Zigma app is a no-fuss app, that gets you to the settings that you need quickly. The Home tab shows a list of devices and what the device is currently doing, as well as its battery life. The Room tab allows you to pick a device and then shows a virtual map of your home. You get the option of selecting a specific room to clean, for it to auto clean, and a record of what it has cleaned in the past. The record tab shows you a detailed cleaning report, how many minutes it has been charging and performing its duties. It also shows the frequency at which it works.

To get started you select Rooms > Device > Start Clean. Hitting start clean gives you additional options such as suction power. You get a slider bar, which allows you to increase or decrease the strength of the suction on the fly.

The automation tab allows you to set automation rules according to time. You can have the automation execute one time, every day, on weekdays, weekends, or set custom automation. Setting the rules are fairly simple, but make sure you pay attention to the details so you get the right device operating how you want. I was happy that it allowed me to select the suction strength when scheduling an automation rule.

The Service tab gives you tips for your device, which include instructions, unpacking, how to clean it, as well as common problems for that device. You can also find the Zigma Mall here, which is basically a storefront for other Zigma products.

The app does include the weather, temperature, outdoor humidity, and air quality. I think the inclusion of that information is a bit much and definitely overkill for a vacuum. Zigma sells air purifiers, so it is probably included for that purpose. I just wish I could turn it off, or have Zigma incorporate it in a banner for that specific device.

Final Thoughts

The Zigma Spark 980 Robot Vacuum was a joy to use. The cleaning ability of this vacuum at $300 was fantastic. Being able to adjust the strength on the fly was a nice bonus, especially since the strongest setting can be a bit loud. Mopping performance was just OK, but I view that as an added bonus. Be careful of the base though, there is no protection on the bottom of it, so it can get wet after the vacuum has finished mopping.

The app is relatively easy to use and did everything that I wanted it to. I also enjoyed being able to limit the vacuum to certain rooms and avoid other ones. My kids’ playroom is usually filled with Lego and it was nice not to have to worry about it.

There are more performant options on the market, but they cost significantly more and don’t add a lot of added capabilities. I would highly recommend the Zigma Spark 980 Robot Vacuum, especially if you are not looking to spend a small fortune on home automation.

3 must-try strategies to promote your YouTube cooking channel

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YouTube has always been an incredible platform for chefs, artists, and creators to showcase their different talents and build an impressive following. As someone who runs a cooking channel, there is so much you can do to promote it and grow as a chef and as a YouTuber.

Just because your primary audience is on YouTube, that doesn’t mean that you can’t leverage other online platforms to bring people to your channel. Whether you’re collaborating, talking to your audience, selling merch, or just posting about your content, you can make use of all the online tools available to you to promote your channel.

In this blog post, we’ve made things easier for you by listing down the different ways in which you can effectively promote your YouTube cooking channel. These tips are creative, inexpensive, and best of all, they require very little effort so that you can focus all your time and energy on cooking up fresh new recipes. 

Let’s take a look!

1. Make a good first impression on your channel

Your channel homepage is, in most cases, going to be your first introduction to a potential audience. And since first impressions matter, you have to make sure to stand out. Because if you don’t, people will just log off or watch someone else’s content. After all, there’s no shortage of YouTube chefs out there. 

The first thing you will have to do to make a good first impression is to put up a striking YouTube banner and profile picture. For both these elements, it’s important to stay on brand. For instance, if your channel is all about cooking desserts, add some colorful cake and sprinkles graphics that give people a hint of what you’re about before they dive in further. 

While cooking is your expertise, creating a fun yet professional-looking YouTube banner might not be your cup of tea. Luckily, there are plenty of online tools that can help you out. For instance, PosterMyWall has tons of YouTube banner templates that you can customize in minutes. Simply add some photographs of your creations, maybe a border or two, and viola! You have a great banner for your channel. 

Lastly, remember that YouTube lets you add one video as a pinned video on your channel. This video will start playing as soon as someone visits your channel and will likely be their first intro to your content. So choose a video that you’re proud of or that got a ton of traction. You can even film a special introductory video in which you tell people who you are and what your channel is about. 

2. Post regularly on social media

Use social media platforms as marketing tools that will bring more traffic to your channel. To make yourself as easily accessible as possible, try to have a good presence on all the major platforms. These include but may not be limited to Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok. 

You can use social media in a lot of creative ways to get people to check out your channel. Here are a few things you can try:

  • Post colorful graphics as posts and stories that advertise your channel and your latest video 
  • Take pretty pictures of the dishes you cook and let people know they can see the process and replicate it by going to your YouTube channel
  • Do occasional giveaways and contests – challenge people to try one of your recipes and add their own spin to them, then share their content on your own page
  • Do live Q&A sessions in which you connect with your audience and answer questions related to cooking and baking

We understand that too much social media can get overwhelming. So be smart about how often you post. A good way to go about it is to have a set content schedule. When you plan out your videos for the week or month, plan the associated social media tasks accordingly. 

3. Collab with other big YouTubers

A great way to capture the audience of other YouTubers is to do collaborations. Popular YouTubers have been using this strategy for years and it’s worked brilliantly for them. You don’t necessarily need to find other cooking-related YouTube channels. You can invite any big YouTuber to cook a meal with you, or you can create the kind of content they make. As long as you get the exposure, the content will not really matter. 

Reach out to YouTubers via social media and try to work with lots of different creators so that you can gain exposure with all of their audiences. 

Final thoughts

Running a cooking channel can be incredibly fulfilling, especially when people share the stuff they made with you and cite you as the inspiration. With these strategies, you’ll be able to experience more of that and gain popularity and reach as a chef online. 

Photo by August de Richelieu from Pexels

Motorola MA1 review

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Motorola has been a pioneer of technology for almost a century. While the company has moved into the cell and smartphone market in recent decades, it’s rooted in radios and car stereos. With this heritage, it seems fitting that the first wireless Android Auto dongle blessed by Google has a Motorola logo on the device.

I’ve been testing the Motorola MA1 wireless Android Auto adapter for three weeks and this truly is a great little addition to anyone with a wired Android Auto car stereo.

Design

Everything you need is right in the box to get the Motorola MA1 up and running. It’s actually all in one piece. The dongle consists of a rounded square unit with an integrated USB-A cable.

There’s not much else going on here. You do have a dedicated Bluetooth sync button if you don’t get the pairing set up on the first go or want to add multiple devices. Otherwise, the Motorola MA1 is a minimal unit reminiscent of a glossy-black pebble.

One aside from the hardware is that Motorola is not producing the MA1 directly. The company has licensed SGW Global to manufacture the wireless Android Auto dongle.

Setup

Getting the Motorola MA1 is extremely painless. It’s genuinely only three steps. You need to first plug the USB-A into the existing port in your car and give it around 30 seconds to power up. Then, you need to pair the MA1 to your phone via Bluetooth.

After you have Bluetooth synced, you should get a brief setup wizard on your phone. Completing this will finish the setup. You now have wireless Android Auto with the help of a neat little package from Motorola.

Experience

The overall performance of the Motorola MA1 is very good. Every function acts just as it would with a wired connection. From navigation to music playback, I had zero issues with the onscreen presentation on my car’s head unit. Calls worked as advertised as well.

I had a few quirks while using the Motorola MA1 that I think are worth mentioning. First, the device will make your phone run hot. Pushing the Android Auto interface wireless simply taxes the hardware more than a wired connection. I don’t believe it’s to a dangerous level, but you will notice the rise in temperature.

Next is how to update the Motorola MA1. The AAWireless dongle has a nice companion app to monitor and push updates to the car dongle when issues arise. So far, Motorola hasn’t come up with a similar solution for their wireless Android Auto units.

Lastly, I wish the MA1 didn’t have an integrated USB cable. I much prefer the route that AAWireless engineers took with a simple USB-C port. This adds flexibility to move from wired to wireless Android Auto using the same cable and general placement of the device. The short cord allows very little movement around your car’s interior.

It also limits the point of failure for the entire device. If the cable gets compromised on the MA1 the entire device fails. If it just plugged into a USB-C, then I could most likely replace a $10 cable and continue to use the dongle.

Conclusion

Motorola has a hit in the MA1 in my opinion. It brings dead-simple wireless Android Auto to existing cars with a wired connection. It also only has one true competitor in AAWireless, but Motorola has a more recognized brand behind it and is available for purchase in normal retail channels like Amazon.

Speaking of making a purchase, the MA1 was so popular at release that the company sold out of pre-orders online. At $90 it’s a compelling purchase for those of us who have wired Android Auto. Motorola insists that stock will be made available after February, so hit the links below to keep up to date on replenishments.

Motorola MA1 direct from Motorola Sound

Motorola MA1 from Amazon

Is Yubo A Safe App? All You Need To Know About It

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Yubo is a brand new way to catch up with friends and stream with them. The older name of the app was Yellow. Users below 13 years of age are not allowed to create an account on the platform. Apart from that, you also need your parents’ permission to sign up. Some might ask : is Yubo safe ? The answer is yes. It is entirely secure.

Users from the age bracket of 13 to 17 have the option to create their own Yubo community, which is distinct from the adult community. If you wish to sign up, you have to give your birthday, photo, name, gender, and contact number. To become a verified user, one can get their ID verified. Verified users are awarded a yellow check next to their name. 

Can any two people become friends on Yubo?

A Yubo user can contact a teenager only if they accept their friend request after confirming that it is someone known to them by looking at their photos. As a parent, you also have the power to fix the age limits of your child’s friends. Anyone above that age won’t be able to contact your child in whatsoever way. 

Due to this age range, parents have limited concern since they know that their child is having a safe interaction with Yubo. You can check the age range and confirm whether it is acceptable. Teenagers and children have a lot of fun using this app and developing social contacts necessary for their personal growth. 

What All Can You Do On The App?

Any Yubo user can create profiles that consist only of images. The platform connects people with other Yubo users in their area to create a thriving community. A quick swipe is all that needs to be done to add a new friend. That user ends up in your contact list after you perform the swipe. 

After adding a new friend, you can text them or even video chat with them if exchanging words is boring for you. Yubo users also have the option to live-stream themselves for their friends and even to strangers if permission has been granted since it is primarily a teenager’s app, activities such as dancing, storytelling, singing, or playing games. 

Is Yubo Safe?

Yubo is entirely safe, provided you keep checking it to ensure that your child is not in touch with any strangers. These strangers could be both teens and adults who could pose a threat. However, various safeguards prevent the loss of your child’s privacy. 

Ensure that your child does not reveal their address in any conversations or posts. This could be dangerous since malicious people might track your child with the help of their location. Keeping these little things in mind can make the Yubo journey completely safe. 

Is Yubo considered a dating app?

Yubo is not a dating platform. As stated earlier, it is an app that helps young people make more friends. People make friends in their school, pursuing the same hobbies, and social media platforms including Snapchat, Facebook, and Yubo. 

With the advent of digitalization, friendships have undergone a revolutionary transformation. People meet online, but they never meet in person. Online friendships are much safer, too, as compared to their offline counterparts since the chance of physical harm is zero.

Yubo safeguards live interactions

There are specific rules that ensure that interactions between users are not demeaning to either party:

  • Many visual algorithms exist that do regular analysis of all videos and display pictures. They can be considered the first platform in the world that prevents unwanted stuff from happening in live streams. 
  • The Yubo algorithm checks out all the content posted on the app to ensure compliance with their guidelines. It goes through all comments on the posts, the bio of the users, and the content in their stream. 
  • The app transmits an alert to the concerned when individuals attempt to share their private information, including their address or contact number. A reporting system is also in place where anyone can inform if there is any explicit content anywhere on the platform. 

What is the five-step approach to safety?

The Yubo community is growing with each passing day, and many teenagers consider it their one-stop solution when it comes to social media. In most cases, their experience is fantastic, but everything can not be perfect all the time.

Yubo tries to provide a safe environment for teenagers on its platform. This help is in the form of assisting them in tackling probable problems and adding safeguards at every step. The five-step approach is:

  • Adding necessary barriers at the stage of sign-up to weed out potential troublemakers. 
  • The profile settings are designed to collect all the necessary information to uphold the safety of users.
  • Detailed community guidelines to protect users. 
  • Safety tools to resolve technical issues and provide top-notch moderation.
  • An effective reporting and blocking mechanism.

Safety framework of Yubo

If any user wishes to sign up on Yubo, they must provide a government ID to get started. Any uploaded profile photos are not published immediately after the upload but go through a review procedure first. They are issued only after the review. 

Users do not have the freedom to text any random person on the platform. They first have to become their friend. They can only be their friend if the second person accepts their request. All uploaded videos and pictures do not stay forever on the platform. They are automatically deleted after 24 hours. The reporting system ensures that no unwanted material stays long on the platform. 

Conclusion

So, can we consider Yubo safe? The answer is yes. They have several safety tools that stand out in the industry. Their vision is to allow teenagers to develop more connections without compromising their safety and mental well-being. Other social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram lack this. 

Apart from the multiple safety features, the community guidelines are also robust, which every user has to agree with before starting their journey on the platform.

Kokoon Nightbuds review

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The Nightbuds, from Kokoon, are an award-winning pair of earbuds designed to help you track and improve your sleep. They are advertised on Kokoon’s website for $249.99 USD or a “Couples package” with two pairs for $449.99 USD.

Kokoon claims that they are comfort-fitted, noise-masking, sleep-sensing, adaptive earbuds designed with side sleepers in mind.

Right out of the box, I got a pretty good sense that these earbuds would meet many of my expectations and many of the claims on Kokoon’s website. Inside, you’ll find a quick start guide and a note from Tim Antos, the founder and CEO of Kokoon alongside the earbuds, a protective case, a disappointingly short USB-C charging cable and four size variations of the silicon earpieces.

The protective case is slim but well designed to hold this tech in place and ensure its safety no matter where you take it. The earbuds have a funky, but well thought out loop-de-loop cable that wraps around your head and your ears to allow for plenty of flexibility while you roll around at night.

Let’s start with the basics…

Overall, the Nightbuds function essentially as a regular old pair of Bluetooth earbuds. They have volume buttons and a power button that doubles as a pause/play button on the central piece of the headphones which rests on the back of your head at the base of your skull.

They have a sensor on the right side that somehow detects your level of consciousness so that Kokoon’s app can monitor your sleep and fade out your audio when sleep is detected.

The silicone earpieces themselves are, indeed, soft as stated, and they use a pretty unique design here in the ear gels that will guarantee that these do not come out while you toss and turn.

The cord wraps around the top of your ear but doesn’t apply any pressure when lying on your side. As a side sleeper, Kokoon definitely nailed their overall shape and fit, but the Nightbuds are not perfect.

The battery life is not impressive, however it doesn’t need to be. After one night of use there seemed to be between 50 and 20 percent remaining, depending on whether you prefer to sleep with colored noise or no noise at all.

Charging them during the day between uses is definitely necessary but I don’t find any issue with this at all, as long as you remember to plug them in each morning and won’t need them early on in the day.

As with all earbuds, the sound quality is an important thing to think about. These headphones definitely won’t provide you with much deep bass, but their 3D surround sound ability is one of the best factors of their audio.

The Nightbuds will do a great job of making you feel as though you are actually laying by the campfire or in the car on a rainy night, if your imagination allows it. The general sound resolution is plenty to calm you down and get you ready for an efficient night of sleep.

My constructive criticisms

Now don’t get me wrong, I am happy to see at least USB-C charging over micro-USB, however the charging cord they supply you with is pitifully short at about six inches long.

To be fair, this is something I see in a lot of the products I get. I can grasp the idea of saving resources, and who needs a six foot cable to charge a pair of headphones that can’t even be used while charging? But in my humble opinion, for over two hundred dollars I should at least be able to rest the earbuds on a table while they’re plugged into the wall, no?

The only scenario I can think of in which a cable this short is helpful is when charging from a laptop. But anyways, I just thought I would get that rant out of the way.

My next issue is the “noise-masking” capabilities of the earbuds. I feel that the Nightbuds aren’t quite noise-masking like you’d expect from the claims on their website. Unless there’s some function that I somehow am unaware of, they actually seem to do a pretty good job of letting noise through.

I can’t say I was woken up in the middle of the night from noises, but I don’t normally do so in the first place. Perhaps the noise masking comes in once you fall asleep, but based purely off of the sounds I hear while wearing them around the house, there doesn’t seem to be a great overall noise isolation factor of the ear gels.

Trying multiple sizes, I was unable to get a solid reduction of incoming sound, and I didn’t find anything in the app mentioning the noise-masking capability.

The Kokoon App

If there’s one thing that I am happy with, it is Kokoon’s companion app for the Nightbuds. You can find the app on both the App Store and Google Play.

The Kookoon app allows you to set your typical sleep schedule and offers plenty of different audios that you can play in order or on repeat. It also has a convenient function to allow you to overlap two audios at once so that you can listen to a slow and dreamy tune play over the sound of a fire crackling, or rain on a window.

Kokoon also has a few “coaching” and “meditation” audios ranging from 3-30 minutes long. It was very easy for me to find my way through all of the features of the app, and I very quickly found an audio that helped me relax and nod off.

The app is also where you can find the sleep tracking feature where Kokoon records each night of sleep. They display the time you went to bed, fell asleep, and woke up along with the different stages of your sleep. They also provide a neat “sleep efficiency” feature which gives you a percentage representing the relative quality of your night of rest.

Over the long term, you will see some statistical insights on your average sleep efficiency and duration as well as consistency.

Personally, my only issue with this is that Kokoon ends your entire sleep session the second that it detects you are awake, so if you happen to wake up in the middle of the night like I did once or twice, Kokoon will only report the sleep that you got before that. My only wish for the Kokoon app is that it would allow you to set an alarm in the app itself.

Sleep-Sensing

It did seem that my Nightbuds were often fading out far too soon and reporting that I had fallen asleep before I actually did, but I think they do the job about as well as I expect them to.

I understand that there is not always a clear line between wakefulness and sleep, and many people’s brains are different, so the sensitivity to these levels of consciousness isn’t going to be perfectly calibrated.

If I did wake up in the middle of the night, however, the Nightbuds did seem to detect that pretty accurately, evidenced by my reported average of 4.3 hours per night. (Trust me, I don’t get as much sleep as I want but I definitely sleep more than that).

I have no way of confirming the accuracy of my reported sleep stages, but I can only estimate that they are somewhat accurately in line with the sleep efficiency as well as how I felt after each night. The biggest problem within the sleep sensing abilities is that they won’t detect if you fall back asleep, as I mentioned before.

Comfort

The Nightbuds are undoubtedly comfortable to wear while lying on your side. Even laying on your back, the central piece rests in an ideal spot at the base of your skull so that it is not being pressed into your head or neck to cause discomfort.

The ear gels are soft and have an innovative design to minimize the amount of hard plastic making contact with your outer ear.

The winged design of the silicon did create a mild amount of discomfort when I woke up the first few mornings, as it seemed they were a little too stiff and pressed into my ear all night. However I think this can be easily mitigated by simply swapping the silicon out with one of the four different sizes they provide you with in the box. Other than that, I did adjust to the feeling after a few nights and I am sure anyone else could do the same. 

Availability

You can learn more about the Kokoon Nightbuds at Kokoon’s website where you can also purchase a pair for yourself.

Today we preview three Baseus USB chargers

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Today we take a look at three different charging options from Baseus. We have the Baseus 30W Super Si Charger, the 65W PD GaN3 Fast Wall Charger Block, and the 65W GaN III USB-C Charger Block.

The Baseus 30W Super Si Charger features an 18W USB-C power delivery (PD) port and a 12W USB-A port. It has heat-dissipating silicon to keep it cool and it has a foldable plug to keep it cool. It comes with a 12-month warranty.

The Baseus 65W PD GaN3 Fast Wall Charger Block can charge up to four devices at one time. You get two USB-C ports and two USB-A ports. It comes with a five-foot power cable and a three-foot USB-C to USB-C cable. This model comes with a two-year warranty.

The Baseus 65W GaN III USB-C Charger Block allows you to charge up to six devices at a time. You get two USB-C Type C fast charging ports, two USB-A ports (one is a fast-charging port), and two wall outlets. It comes with a five-foot power cable. The GaN III chip has better heat dissipation compared to previous generations.

Check out our video or listen to our podcast to see our full preview of these three chargers.

  • Baseus 30W Super Si Charger
  • Baseus 65W PD GaN3 Fast Wall Charger Block

Listen to the embedded podcast to learn more or check it out at the AndroidGuys podcast site.

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Radio Caca (RACA): Play-to-Earn game Metamon that Will Bring People into the Metaverse Era

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After recently deep diving into Metaverse applications, I discovered The United States of Mars (USM), a 3D Metaverse virtual world, along with the Metamon game, both created by Radio Caca (RACA). They amazed me mostly by the amount of emotions and many real life benefits they bring to the players.

The commonly mentioned term Metaverse is a portmanteau that combines the words ‘meta’ and ‘universe.’ It is mostly used to refer to an anticipated future iteration of the internet, the Web3. This evolution of the internet is expected to be the rise of online 3D worlds, the virtually integrated environments that provide users access to virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences in the future.

For instance, people can build parks, houses, schools, buildings, museums, music scenes, football fields and anything else they can imagine. It allows them to create many events to attract other players to participate and to make profits from the ticket sales for concerts, games and education held in the metaverse. To be more specific, each player will use one NFT as an avatar (RACA Punk) and use Metamon (NFT game) as a representative character exclusively in the USM Metaverse.

In Radio Caca (RACA)’s Metamon game, you can use RACA to challenge & battle other Metamon. $RACA is the native token for blockchain Game Metamon and for the United Stated of Mars (a.k.a. USM). At a minimum, each challenge will earn you Metamon egg fragments, and when you collect enough fragments, you can merge them into a Metamon egg. Note: All RACA that is used and collected in-game will be burned. Their main purpose is to ensure that their players & community have an amazing experience playing this beautiful and fun game. Since they will burn all RACA collected, we, as players, will earn no money for ourselves for the first couple of months. One Metamon gets 20 energy per day. Each challenge consumes one energy.

On a daily basis, you can engage in challenges up to 20 times per one Metamon per day. Metamon energy will reset at 18:00 UTC every day. If you want to play and earn more rewards you can simply use another Metamon. That’s why many people have more than just one Metamon. Rare Metamon have better attributes and consume Diamonds to level up. However, the amount of Diamond supply is not enough for all the Metamon to level up to the highest level.

The supply of Diamonds is deflationary (since the amount is limited and is effectively burned when used). For you, it also means that no matter what NFT you get from Metamon eggs, you will be able to sell them at a good price if you choose to do so.  There are also some preliminary plans to introduce more functions to the rare Metamon in the USM Metaverse, or provide rewards to the users that burned RACA in the Metamon game. It is too early to discuss these in detail. In short, they have a clear USM Metaverse roadmap and, for the time being, new players should just focus on playing Metamon and enjoy it to the fullest each day with friends and family if they want to make the most of their experience in USM Metaverse.

Radio Caca (RACA), Metamon, and United States of Mars (USM) are all being developed with love and care. Everything will come together in perfect synergy. I believe that they will continue to improve their applications, win over new fans, build stronger communities, and celebrate what they have created when the time comes.

Here, I have also summarized some important information about Radio Caca (RACA) here for your reference: Radio Caca (RACA) is the exclusive manager of Maye Musk Mystery Box (MPB) NFT. And it is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) operated by Internet native individuals all over the globe who share a single vision of building a brave new virtual world. Radio Caca (RACA) has a native token (Ticker: $RACA. Token address: 0x12bb890508c125661e03b09ec06e404bc9289040) and is currently deployed on Ethereum, Solana, OKExChain and Binance Smart Chain.

The Universal Metaverse (USM) is a 3D Planet virtual world where users can own lands, build buildings such as stores and art galleries, create and play games. With a Google-Earth-like UX, users will be able to dynamically zoom in and out and to travel around the 3D virtual planet, a first-ever feature of the Metaverse.

Black Shark releases their gaming flagship the Black Shark Pro 4 globally

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Black Shark announced the global launch of their latest gaming flagship, the Black Shark Pro 4. As a gaming phone, it has everything that you would expect it to have as well as a few additional features. One of those features is the inclusion of magnetic shoulder buttons. The mechanical magnetic-lift shoulder triggers simulate the physical feel of actual triggers while allowing Black Shark to keep the size of the device to a minimum. While not gaming, these triggers can act as shortcuts for other applications.

The Black Shark Pro 4 has a Snapdragon 888 processor, an Adreno 660 GPU, and LPDDR5 RAM. It comes in two configurations, either with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage or 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. It has a 4500mAh battery and is capable of extremely fast charging with its 120W Hypercharge. According to Black Shark, you can charge to 100% in only 15 minutes or 50% in 5 minutes.

The display is a 6.67-inch AMOLED with a resolution of 1080 x 2400. It is HDR10+ compliant, has a peak brightness of 1300 nits, and is 111% DCI-P3 rated. You get a triple camera setup with a 64MP (f/1.79) main shooter, an 8MP (f/2.2) wide lens, and a 5MP (f/2.4) macro lens. It also has a 20MP (f/2.45) front-facing camera.

The Black Shark Pro 4 will be available in three colors, Shadow Black, Misty Grey, and Cosmos Black. It is available globally today and starts at $579 for the base model. The configuration with the extra RAM and storage bumps the price up to $679.

For less than $700 you are getting a flagship-level device, and I can’t wait to see how it operates in real-world usage. This seems to be an excellent bang for your buck device.

BLUETTI kicks off its 2022 Spring Sale!

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Springtime is always considered as the most comfortable weather to reconnect with the nature. A portable power station that provides a reliable source of power proves a boon when heading out.

BLUETTI, a global leader in user-side energy storage industry, is now its offering March Madness spring sale across some of its product lineups. Let us take a closer look!

AC200P-Versatile Power Monster

The BLUETTI 2000Wh AC200P is such a power beast that is capable of powering 17 devices at the same time and promises 3500+ charge cycles with LiFePO4 battery inside, It supports up to 700W solar input and can be fully charged in 4 hours. 

BLUETTI is now offering the AC200P at its lowest price ever, you can nab it for $1499–down from its usual price of $1699.

AC300 & B300: Game-changing Power Combo

AC300 is 100% modular and comes without an internal battery. It features a 3000W pure sine wave inverter and can go full-time solar with the capability in receiving 2400W unrivalled MPPT solar charging input. If hook up with four B300 (3,072Wh storage capacity for each) batteries, it can be expanded up to 12,288Wh. BLUETTI has also offered a Fusion Box Pro to bring the overall capacity to a mind-blowing 24,576Wh and the power output to 6,000W, which are way enough to power almost all energy needs from larger households to off-grid adventures. 

AC200MAX- Best Mid-weight Power System

AC200MAX is actually the first modular solar power station from BLUETTI. Despite looking like the AC200P, AC200MAX is just better. It integrates a 2048Wh ultra-durable LiFePO4 battery pack that holds up to 3,500 cycles and a 2200-watt pure sine wave inverter, but has faster solar and AC charging options.

It allows a max 900W of solar input and 500W through AC charging. When being charged simultaneously with solar and AC wall outlet, AC200MAX can be charged up in less than two hours. With the BLUETTI App, everything happening in the AC200MAX can all be controlled and monitored from a distance.

EB55 & EB70: Small Yet Packs a Punch

These two siblings come with a compact body that contains a same 700W inverter with different storage capacities, 537Wh for EB55 and 716Wh for EB70. Both of them feature a combination of 200W AC and 200W solar input for quick charging, together with 15W wireless charger as well as sufficient outputs that are enough to power up 10+ devices at the same time.

Other Recommended BLUETTI Bundles:

Product ModelOriginal Price Spring Sale OfferDiscount
AC200P$1,799$1,499$300
EB150$1,099$899$200                                                                             
EB240$1,599$1,199$400
EB55-Gray$499$449$50
AC200P+3*PV200$3446$2779$667
EB70S+PV200$1148$999$149

Check out all the Bluetti Spring sale deals at bluettipower.com. 

Where and when to buy

Look no further, get whatever you need here: https://www.bluettipower.com/. Just keep in mind that BLUETTI’s Spring Sale 2022 starts at PST 6:00PM on Feb 22 and will end at the same time on Mar 14. 

About BLUETTI

With over 10 years of experience in the energy storage industry, BLUETTI is committed to building the world’s best power stations for van dwellers, explorers, and off-grid life.

Press Contact

amanda@bluetti.com

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